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Austin Film Festival announces full panels schedule
Over the years, the Austin Film Festival & Conference has consistently offered a slate of compelling panels, helping distinguish it as equal parts festival and conference. Some of that is likely due to the fact that from the outset the conference has placed a primary emphasis on the role of the screenwriter, the unsung and unseen heroes of the film and television industries.
Announced today, the 90-plus panels at this year’s fest, which runs from October 21-October 28, feature over 100 panelists.
Featured panelists at the 17th annual fest and conference include Edward Burns (“The Brothers McMullen”), John Lee Hancock (“The Blind Side”), Jennifer Salt (“Eat Pray Love”), Alvaro Rodriguez (“Machete”), Randall Wallace (Secretariat, Braveheart), Michael Arndt (Toy Story 3, Little Miss Sunshine), Jon Lucas & Scott Moore (“The Hangover”), Kyle Killen (creator/producer “Lone Star”), Noah Hawley (creator/producer “My Generation”), former NBC President of Entertainment Warren Littlefield, and many more.
As mentioned on this blog previously, David Peoples, screenwriter of “Blade Runner,” “Unforgiven,” “Twelve Monkeys,” will receive this year’s Distinguished Screenwriter Award and David Simon, creator of “The Wire”,” will be honored with the Outstanding Television Writer Award.
Below are panel highlights at this year’s conference, including a panel about film criticism moderated by Statesman entertainment editor Charles Ealy. For a complete list of panels, visit austinfilmfestival.com.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2010
- A Conversation with Randall Wallace (“Braveheart,” “Pearl Harbor”)
- The Business of Screenwriting with John August (“Corpse Bride,” “Big Fish”), Edward Burns (“She’s the One”), Franklin Leonard (director of development, Universal Pictures)
- Visual Storytelling with John August , “John Lee Hancock (“The Blind Side”) and Randall Wallace
- A conversation with Edward Burns
- 2010 Nickelodeon writer’s symposium
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2010
- A conversation with John Lee Hancock
- Writers/directors with Shane Black (“Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang,” “Lethal Weapon”),John Lee Hancock, Alex Smith (“Dance with the One”), and Randall Wallace
- Writing for Animation
- The Black List: What it is, how to get on it, and what it can mean for your career with Matthew Cook (“By Way of Helena”), Kyle Killen (“The Beaver”), Franklin Leonard (creator of the Black List)
- Film critics and the Industry with David Denby (The New Yorker), Kenneth Turan (Los Angeles Times), Neil Miller (filmschoolrejects.com), Chase Whale (gordonandthewhale.com), moderated by Charles Ealy (Statesman)
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2010
- A Conversation with David Peoples (blade runner, unforgiven, twelve monkeys) The Business of Writing for Television with Bryan Brucks (Brucks Entertainment), Noah Hawley (“My Generation,” “Bones”), Pamela Ribon (“Samantha Who”), Tiffany Ward (Creative Artists Agency)
- Luna Panel: Telling Women’s Stories through Film with Maggie Biggar (VP, Fortis Films), Diane Drake (“What Women Want”), Jennifer Salt (“Eat Pray Love”)
- Writing for Documentaries with Barry Blaustein (“Beyond the Mat”), Henry Corra (“The Disappearance of McKinley Nolan”), PJ Raval (“Trinidad,” “Holding Patterns”), Paul Stekler (“George Wallace: Settin’ the Woods on Fire”)
- The Craft of Screenwriting: Popcorn Movies with Michael Brandt & Derek Haas (“Wanted,” “3:10 to Yuma”), “Jeff Lowell” (“Hotel for Dogs,” “John Tucker Must Die”), Alvaro Rodriguez (“Machete”), John Turman (“Hulk”)
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2010
- Writing for Kids with Todd Berger (“Kung fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five”), Rita Hsiao (“Toy Story 2,” “Mulan”), PamelaRibon
- Making the Deal: “The Matarese Circle” with Michael Brandt & Derek Haas, Jeff Gorin (William Morris Endeavor Entertainment), Mark Vahradian (president of production, Di Bonaventura Pictures)
- A Conversation with David Simon (“The Wire,” “Treme,”)
- Heroes and Villains with Shane Black and John Turman
- Endings: The Good, The Bad, and The Insanely Great with Michael Arndt (“Toy Story 3,” “Little Miss Sunshine”)
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